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From: Triad NC
Hey guys just thought I would say hi been here at Ft. Sam for 3months now and have found the San Antonio is a pretty cool place, traffic can suck my *** thats about it. I am missing my 8 and guy down the street has one and i stair at it ever time I drive by. I have seen a bunch of 8's up on Randolf as well. I also have had two mexicans offer to by my truck for 12grand cash seems to be the only people into low trucks, how ever this is very tempting because I have a strong need to get a rotary back in my life. So we will see with any luck I will get what I want and be back in again
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From: San Antonio, SARX Garage
Hey guys just thought I would say hi been here at Ft. Sam for 3months now and have found the San Antonio is a pretty cool place, traffic can suck my *** thats about it. I am missing my 8 and guy down the street has one and i stair at it ever time I drive by. I have seen a bunch of 8's up on Randolf as well. I also have had two mexicans offer to by my truck for 12grand cash seems to be the only people into low trucks, how ever this is very tempting because I have a strong need to get a rotary back in my life. So we will see with any luck I will get what I want and be back in again
mine's better
So I was just driving back to my place and had a civic with HID's and an exhaust line up and pace next to me for a few seconds and then accelerate past me. Keep in mind, the flow of traffic was already a little above the speed limit, so he was definitely over the limit. I didn't really do anything as a response to that. My turn came up so I changed lanes and ended up behind him turning. He had slowed down a bit after the turn so I was already slowly passing him as we were coming up to a light in the distance. There was a car in the lane I was in so I accelerated a little to make it a clear pass to get into the other lane. As soon as I get over, the civic gets over to try and tries to then pass me before we reach the other car. There wasn't nearly enough room as the light had turned green so I didn't have to slow down and the other car had been stopped at the light. The civic changed lanes behind me and tailgated me until there was space for him to change lanes.
I'm cruising just below the speed limit and the civic accelerates to line up next to me. He rolls his window down to reveal he's an off duty cop. He shouts to me "You better be ******' careful!". Apparently, I'm not exactly smart when it comes to immediate responses because I asked "What the **** were you trying to do?" without considering who I was talking to. Fortunately, he just hesitated for a second before saying "I'm just saying you better be ******' careful". He then cuts me off with maybe 30 feet so he doesn't get stuck behind a car to make a turn.
I decided to go slow and let him put some distance between us because I didn't really think it would be a good idea to chance anything coming from that (never know if he might try to call something in). I'm kind of astounded at the whole situation though... it sure as hell seemed like he tried to instigate a race while speeding, tailgated me after making a legal pass and then proceeded to tell me to be careful before cutting me off (crossing a solid white line, for good measure). It's like he was trying to create a situation and then interpreted my pass as dangerous. I guess I didn't absolutely have to pass him but it was well within reason in terms of safety. I at least try to pretend cops are reasonable most of the time, but it was pretty clear that the cop was the one that needed to be more careful in that situation. The only difference is that I would have been more likely to get ticketed for something as I'd imagine he has little to no risk of getting a ticket, even if he is breaking laws.
I'm cruising just below the speed limit and the civic accelerates to line up next to me. He rolls his window down to reveal he's an off duty cop. He shouts to me "You better be ******' careful!". Apparently, I'm not exactly smart when it comes to immediate responses because I asked "What the **** were you trying to do?" without considering who I was talking to. Fortunately, he just hesitated for a second before saying "I'm just saying you better be ******' careful". He then cuts me off with maybe 30 feet so he doesn't get stuck behind a car to make a turn.
I decided to go slow and let him put some distance between us because I didn't really think it would be a good idea to chance anything coming from that (never know if he might try to call something in). I'm kind of astounded at the whole situation though... it sure as hell seemed like he tried to instigate a race while speeding, tailgated me after making a legal pass and then proceeded to tell me to be careful before cutting me off (crossing a solid white line, for good measure). It's like he was trying to create a situation and then interpreted my pass as dangerous. I guess I didn't absolutely have to pass him but it was well within reason in terms of safety. I at least try to pretend cops are reasonable most of the time, but it was pretty clear that the cop was the one that needed to be more careful in that situation. The only difference is that I would have been more likely to get ticketed for something as I'd imagine he has little to no risk of getting a ticket, even if he is breaking laws.
next time someone represents themselves as an off duty cop, take down their lic plate number and make/model ... then call 207-sapd and report it to them as a non emergency call
Just ordered the other fan and the fan control module today. That should take care of all of my issues. Heading back to Houston for a few days and going to Vegas this weekend (didn't even think about the fact that it was so close to your trip) and then I'll be in Houston for a few days after that so I had the fan stuff sent to my parent's house. I'm hoping to take care of the front fan while I'm there. I need to figure out where the fan control module is, but I'm pretty sure I'll have to save that until I/we can tackle the fan behind the radiator. It really depends on how difficult it is to get to it.
Tejas
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From: Tejas
I may be at biffs on fri...depends if we get the 7's battery taken care of...how was vegas? ready to hear some stories. Also anyone goin to cars and coffe on saturday? If so lets meet up and get a nice little section for the rotaries, surprising but there were more 7's than 8's last month
